SecurityArticles Tagged With Security
ZyXEL Turns On IPv6 For Routers, Switches
ZyXEL has announced IPv6 upgrades for some of its security routers and managed switches.
Dell Buying SonicWALL
Dell has announced its intent to acquire SonicWALL
Waiting For The WPS Fix
Update 5 - Yes, Wi-Fi Protected Setup is broken. Here's what vendors are doing
to fix it and steps you can take in the meantime.
ZyXEL USG20 Unified Security Gateway Reviewed
Updated ZyXEL's entry-level security gateway has many features found in more expensive competitors at around half the price.
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Build Your Own UTM With pfSense - Part 4
In the fourth and final part of our series, we finish the upgrade of our pfSense-based box from IDS to UTM.
Build Your Own UTM With pfSense - Part 3
In the third part of our series, we finish the upgrade of our pfSense-based box from IDS to UTM.
RSA Authentication Technology Info Stolen
EMC's RSA Security division said that information about its two-factor security technology has been stolen in a security breach.
NETGEAR UTM10 ProSecure Unified Threat Management Appliance Reviewed
NETGEAR's UTM10 makes Enterprise-grade threat protection affordable on a small business budget.
SonicWall TZ100W UTM Appliance Reviewed
Updated Sonicwall's entry-level member of its revamped UTM lineup packs performance and lots of features into an affordable package.
WPA Exploit Not All It's Cracked Up To Be
Glenn Fleishman over at Wi-Fi Net News had a chat with Eric Tews, one of the researchers reported to have come up with a crack for WPA's TKIP encryption. Glenn has posted a good summary of what he found has really been discovered.
The short story is that if you are using WPA/TKIP, you have little to fear from this exploit. You are more at risk from using a weak passphrase, whether you are running WPA/TKIP or WPA2/AES.
Read more...D-Link adds Security Service to more routers
D-Link today said its SECURESPOT 2.0 Internet Security and Parental Control Services has been added to two more of its draft 802.11n routers.
Read more...Tiny package, big security - Yoggie Gatekeeper Pro Review
Yoggie's Gatekeeper Pro packs impressive UTM features into an ultra-portable package.
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Sonicwall TZ190 Review: UTM + WWAN
UTM (Unified Threat Management) appliances are the current hot trend. But Sonicwall has upped the ante by throwing in WWAN access.
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Iomega, Postini announce SMB email security partnership
Iomega today announced a partnership with Postini to offer managed email security and spam defense solutions to small and mid-sized businesses.
Under the agreement, Iomega is now delivering Postini's security and compliance solutions to SMBs in the United States and in international markets. Beginning next month, distributor Tech Data will offer its customers the new Iomega OfficeScreen Managed Email Security and Spam Defense - Powered by Postini.
Read more...VeriSign, AirMagnet team to prevent wireless data theft
VeriSign and AirMagnet today announced a new service designed to shield corporate wireless networks from data theft and other security threats.
VeriSign Wireless IPS is the latest addition to VeriSign’s Managed Security Services, which is part of the VeriSign Layered Security Services Solution. The new service helps customers design, deploy, manage and monitor wireless intrusion prevention systems.
Read more...Snort vulnerability found
On Monday, Sourcefire the company behind the open-source intrusion-detection application Snort said that hackers could potentially execute malicious code on a system running Snort and gain access to confidential data.
The vulnerability was reported to Sourcefire by Internet Security Systems (ISS), the security arm of IBM.
Read more...CRYPTOCard adds Managed Authentication Service
Authentication technology developer CRYPTOCard yesterday announced the introduction of its CRYPTO-MAS Managed Authentication Service.
CRYPTO-MAS is a Managed Authentication Service that protects companies and their employees against shoulder surfing, social engineering, and other forms of password theft by using token-based two-factor authentication in combination with a Personal Identification Numbers (PINs). The service uses CRYPTOCard’s authentication technology, which is deployed by "major organizations" in over 70 countries.
Read more...Streamlined Hotspot Logins for Portable Devices
Devicescape launches new service, software, to reduce friction: The company opened its public beta to enable portable Wi-Fi-equipped devices to attach themselves to hotspots without the tedium--when it's even possible--of logging in.
Devicescape, until now, has been known as an embedded Wi-Fi driver developer, making network software that runs on devices that have very little space and very little battery power to carry out that task. They're leveraging their knowledge and experience in launching this new service.
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Bot spreads through antivirus, Windows flaws
University security experts warned administrators on Monday that a bot program has started to spread by exploiting five patched Microsoft vulnerabilities and a six-month-old flaw in Symantec's antivirus software.
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90% of email estimated to be spam
Despite rampant attempts to squash spammers, a new report from Internet messaging company Postini says that 9 out of every 10 e-mails is junk, an amount that is reportedly triple from what it was six months ago.
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